ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – A twelfth first-class profession hundred for Trinidad & Tobago Crimson Power from long-standing batsman Jason Mohammed and a harmful spell from the Windward Islands Volcanoes pacer Ryan John marked the beginning of the West Indies Championship on Wednesday.
Mohammed was undefeated on precisely 100, and Tion Webster supported with a fair 50. Crimson Power reached 215 for 4 of their first innings in opposition to defending champions Guyana Harpy Eagles when dangerous mild stopped play early on the primary day of their first-round match in St Kitts.
John snared 5 for 43 from 13 overs, and fellow former West Indies Beneath-19 World Cup-winning all-rounder Shamar Springer grabbed three for 53 from 10 overs, and Volcanoes dismissed hosts Jamaica Scorpions for 159 of their first innings earlier than they reached 157 for 2 in reply when stumps have been drawn.
Former West Indies Beneath-19 pacer Joshua James helped Cricket West Indies Academy make a robust entry into the match after they bowled out hosts Leeward Islands Hurricanes for 137 of their first innings earlier than replying with 60 for 2 earlier than dangerous mild stopped play of their contest in St Kitts.
And, there was no play between Mixed Campuses & Faculties Marooners and Barbados Satisfaction in Jamaica due to a moist outfield.
AT CONAREE CRICKET CENTRE: Mohammed struck ten fours from 224 balls and shared 115 for the fourth wicket with Webster to stabilize Crimson Power after they stumbled to 88 for 3 inside the primary hour after lunch.
Webster cracked 4 fours and one six from 95 balls earlier than he was caught at quick mid-wicket off left-arm spin bowling stalwart Veerasammy Permaul about half-hour earlier than the umpires provided the batters mild with the Harpy Eagles solely getting two deliveries with the second new ball.
Crimson Power was set again early after they selected to bat when pacer Ronsford Beaton bought opener Cephas Cooper caught behind for eight within the eighth over. Opener Vikash Mohan was compelled to retire harm on 14 within the subsequent over when a supply from pacer Ronaldo Alimohamed bounced awkwardly and struck him on the forearm.
Crimson Power have been 24 for one and 32 for 2 when Jyd Goolie was lbw for 3 enjoying throughout a full-length supply from Beaton, who ended the day with two for 39 from 12 overs.
Amir Jangoo, a former Hurricanes wicketkeeper-batsman, got here to the wicket with Mohammed carrying Crimson Power to 58 for 2 at lunch.
After the interval, the pair carried on well and accomplished a 56-run third wicket stand earlier than Jangoo turned a supply from Permaul straight to ahead quick leg and was caught for 27.
Webster joined Mohammed, taking the sting out of the Harpy Eagles’ assault on both aspect of carrying Crimson Power to tea on 170 for 3.
After the break, they guided Crimson Power previous 200 earlier than Permaul, probably the most profitable bowler within the historical past of the Championship, eliminated Webster to finish the day with a miserly two for 40 from 25 overs.
AT SABINA PARK: Discarded West Indies pacer Shermon Lewis gave Volcanoes early success when he spectacularly bowled Chadwick Walton for 4 within the fourth over of the day, and John adopted up with the scalp of West Indies Check batsman Kirk McKenzie additionally bowled for 10. He was providing no stroke.
Scorpions have been 26 for 2, and Springer struck along with his first supply when he bought discarded West Indies batsman Nkrumah Bonner caught behind down the leg-side for one.
John tightened the Volcanoes’ grip when he bowled discarded West Indies batting stalwart Jermaine Blackwood for 14, and Scorpions have been reeling on 45 for 5 inside the primary hour when Springer bought opener Carlos Brown caught behind for eight.
Romaine Morris, whose 35 was the highest rating, got here to the crease and, with Abijhai Mansingh, carried Scorpions to 74 for 5 at lunch, and the pair accomplished a 53-run, sixth-wicket stand after the interval.
The stand was damaged when Morris was run out in a mix-up with Mansingh earlier than John returned to ship the innings into terminal decline, taking three of the final 4 Scorpions wickets that fell for 61 within the span of 67 balls.
Volcanoes captain Kimani Melius, a former West Indies Beneath-19 captain, hit 31 and bought Volcanoes off to a assured begin earlier than he was caught at mid-on off Mansingh’s leg-spin enjoying an unsightly cross-batted shot.
Trinidadian fellow opener Jeremy Solozano made 26 and carried Volcanoes previous 100 in a second wicket stand of 56 with fellow left-hander Johann Jeremiah earlier than off-spinner Peat Salmon bowled him when he charged down the pitch, missed an on-drive, and the ball ricocheted off his pads onto the stumps.
Jeremiah, not out on 66, and the evergreen Sunil Ambris, not out on 30, batted by the remaining hour-and-a-quarter to take Volcanoes inside attain of a first-innings lead.
AT WARNER PARK: James ended with three for 11 from seven overs to steer the Academy demolition of the Hurricane’s batting after the hosts have been put into bat.
Off-spinner Ashmead Nedd, pacer Johann Layne, and pace-bowling captain Nyeem Younger completed with two wickets to finish the demolition job.
All-rounder Jeremiah Louis, batting at eight, propped up the Hurricanes with a prime rating of 45, Terence Warde made 28, and Jahmar Hamilton added 22.
Mbeki Joseph, not out on 30, and former West Indies Beneath-19 captain Ackeem Auguste, not out on 15, have been pulling the Academy out of an early gap when dangerous mild stopped play after they misplaced the Barbadian opening pair of left-hander Rashawn Worrell and Kadeem Alleyne cheaply.
AT CHEDWIN PARK: A ruptured water foremost soaked the outfield and meant the Marooners and Satisfaction misplaced a complete day.
It’s the first time in 13 years that the venue is staging a first-class match, and it was not an inauspicious option to herald its re-entry.
The 2 groups hung round till about 2 p.m. earlier than leaving, and so they have been reassured that the difficulty had been mounted and play would begin promptly on the scheduled second day, barring a extreme climate interruption or one other power majeure.
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